Hallelujah!
Another dark night, another soul, another cry, another dark night of the soul
Cheer up – Praise God! We are alive. We have survived…
Another season, another reason, to making whoopee whoopee
Is there something wrong with me?
In that question lurks another question: Why me?
Not only you Professor Toyin Falola
The immediate background to the question: All of us inundated by the barrage of bad news, unending corruption, man's inhumanity to man, May 25, 2020, the brutal murder of George Floyd weighs heavily on our conscience, the United States of America where many of mankind lives, May 25, 2020, Strange Fruit still hanging from the poplar trees –
if it had been Jared Kushner, just think what would have been Trump's reaction and his talk to the world and to his nation. At least, after his majestic walk to St John's Episcopal Church just as the Bishop cried, he should have prayed before laying his hands on that Bible; the dalek should have washed his filthy hands, before picking up the Holy Bible. Trump and the stink of all that bad, nauseating news with which we are being hammered all day, that plus the uncertainties of the corona plague upon us, it's in the news it's in the interviews, it's in the air that we breathe even when asleep, it's everywhere…
Is there something wrong with me? Is it not but the beginning of another "to be or not to be" soliloquy, one in which the anguished soul may be in need of some urgent counselling from the parish priest – at least the last rites, before it is too late, as we must all keep our date with fate?
Is there something wrong with me? Hallelujah! You are alive!
Bernard Henri-Levy was asked on TV, "Do you believe in God" - and he answered, "Sometimes, at night" - just as we all do when you look at the starry dynamo of heaven," the starry dynamo in the machinery of night" …
Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies? The first line of doubt.
Is it merely the existential late at night moments, and movements of the soul in the candlelight, we could listen to a still small voice, or your own voice, some self-doubt in search of sympathy and external reassurance, hope, the voice from within the inside of you self or by surround stereo reinforced by the reassuring, appreciative deluge from Harrow, Eto, Ochonu, Agozino, Usuanlele, Ogungbemi, Agbetuyi, that you are after all a great and formidable warrior, you're alright mate, even if at the end of the day you should also like to see your epitaph signed ( like that humble Sheikh), " Allah's weakest slave"
What a wonderful job you have done, just during the month of Ramadan alone, not to mention your little acts of kindness, the intellectual zillion megawatt light productions for world, for Africa and nations
Is Something Wrong With Me?
Is that not but a rehash of the same kind of question that sometimes afflicts the soul:
"A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?"--Oga Prof.,I second Biko's prescription. Thank you.Uyi
From: 'Biko Agozino' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 4:42 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Is Something Wrong With Me?Kpele o
Something is definitely wrong with you!
Why are you lifting a cup of coffee to your 'sleep' at 3AM?
I join others in reminding you that you need your rest for we need you.
Instead of coffee, drink water from 6PM and go to bed latest by 10:30PM
Take a deep breath and count yourself to sleep with a focus on you breathing.
Africa will still be there for the superman to save the next day, fi i le.
Get you 8 hours of sleep every night, old man, and that is a prescription.
Biko
--On Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 14:58:26 GMT-4, Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu> wrote:
dear allplease join me in applauding our renowned, respected moderator. his work on behalf of ALL of US, in postings about everything to do with africa, from politics, to religion, to current events, to covid... all this indeed is demanding, stressful, and difficult for him, but informative, healing, community building for us. what do the people do about all those nurses and doctors and grocery store clerks, who are out there risking their lives so that we might be able to live and go on with our lives? they take out a few minutes, maybe thursday at noon, go to their windows, balconies, and applaud. why? not just to show appreciation, but really to say, we are all one.toyin falola, you are never alone. we all appreciate you much more than you will ever know.👍❤️🙌😁ken
kenneth harrow
professor emeritus
dept of english
michigan state university
517 803-8839
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:04 AM
To: dialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is Something Wrong With Me?--Reading some items on this site as well as others, as in the case of appointments in Nigeria, I have come to the conclusion that something is wrong with me as a person and with my emotion. When there are bigger issues, as in the ongoing protests, the devastations by COVID-19, the behavior of President Trump, declining economies in Africa, I become obsessed with those issues. I forfeit sleep and food. I will hold a cup of coffee and won't be able to raise it to my sleep. I feel betrayed.
I wonder how some of you are able to leave the bigger issues and focus on the smaller ones, sometimes totally irrelevant to the concerns of our civilization and collective humanity. How are you able to disconnect and live your normal life?
At 3AM this morning, I came to the conclusion that you are the ones who are doing the right thing and that something must be wrong with me.
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